Just Fed up with the work done on my car .

[Davers]

Some may recall , I made a thread back in April or May 2025 about my 2006 Crown Vic & it's "Idol "issues and 2 diagnostic checks said I had a Bad Transmission . Well I got the Tranny rebuilt , honestly the Tranny never showed any issues , now it does , & guess what The Idol is still not right . I have only had my car for 1 out of the last 3 months . I'm so sick of worrying about it & I'm broke & owe big $$$ on this .

After 4 trips back to the Shop ; like I said it's still not right ! I Picked it up yesterday . I"M DONE !!! P.S The Shop Owner Himself told me " The BUMP during accelerating & Stopping during the 1st to 2ed & 2ed to 1st shift ". I was not born yesterday & know that is not "Normal " for a Crown Vic + my Dad drove 2 of them for 20 years with both cars having right at 300.000 miles , this one has 55,000 / the only reason I had it fixed .

Again
I"M OVER IT !!!!!!!!!!

Thanks I'm just venting here .

God Bless Everyone & Have a Blessed Thanksgiving & Love your family & friends while you still can & always remember & honor those lost in the past .

Davers

 

[Rimfire rifleman]

It may have a shift kit in it.

 

[ExplicitBoricua]

I feel you. Sounds like the relationship I have with my Dodge Journey….. 🤬🤬🤬

 

[Davers]

It may have a shift kit in it.

IDK ?

I was told no mention of "A shift kit ' . It's an LX not a PI if that matters .

Have a great Eve .

 

[Davers]

Time to clear the Mind of worries , so thank you to anyone who replies here & I will answer any ?'s later , if needed .

It has been a Long Journey / this 3 + months .

 

[Eggmanmja01]

I wouldn't pay for a transmission on an old car, but that's me.

 

[greg vess]

Try to reset the throttle position sensor. The process for a general motors is unplug the throttle position sensor and then turn the key on for 10 seconds and then turn the key back off and plug the throttle position sensor back in. I don't know what the process for the Ford is but sometimes when they get off your throttle position sensor is not throwing the correct voltage in conjunction to where the throttle blade is and that can cause a hiccup or a slight hesitation at idle and off idle acceleration. One of the sensors is not picking up the correct information. There are ways to test the sensors with an ohms meter. All these sensors are is a low voltage signal to the vehicle control center. If that voltage signal is off it cause a problem somewhere on the engine that's not even close to the sensor. Don a little reading about that engine you have and what the voltage signals are on the sensors. Then take the voltage meter and check that voltage. You may need a special voltage meter because we're talking millivolts here and not a regular 12 volt reading.

Also get a can of mass air flow sensor and clean the mass air flow sensor wire off. How that mass airflow sensor works is there is a wire it extends into the intake tube and can glow red hot and some cases. As that wire cools down from the air entering the intake it increases the fuel into the engine along with some other sensor intake. So clean that off and make sure you're getting a positive signal from that. A little carbon can build up on that and cause a little bit of a hesitation and some stumbling. All that cost is a can of mass air flow sensor cleaner. "Warning " Do not use brake clean or carburetor cleaner for this process. Use the dedicated mass air flow sensor products. Also go around all the sensors and unplug them and plug them back in and make sure they have a solid connection. You may look at the prongs inside the connectors and make sure they're not corroded or rusted or anything of that nature as well. I wish you well and may Mr Goodwrench be with you!

 

[atljetmech]

So what you're saying is you'd take tree-fiddy cash for it???

Seriously though that sucks man.....those old crown vics/grand marquis were typically good for 200-300k miles

 

[Dan Muk]

A 2006 LX with only 55k on it!? How much you want for it…!?

 

[greg vess]

Don't give up on it. Find a good Ford tuner. He can plug into your OBTll port with his diagnostic suite. He can monitor in real time what is happening with all your sensors. When I had the HP tuners in diagnostic suite I could go into the diagnostic suite and build a screen of all the gauges that were showing lifetime what was going on with each sensor. If the sensor is lazy or or showing some uncommon movement there on his data logging tables he can spot the problem.

My best friend sold his '99 SLP Camaro to another friend of mine that wanted me to build it up for $3,800 bucks. That car was worth $12,500 in book value at the time. The only reason he sold it was because when he nailed the throttle it fell off at 3,000 RPMs and would not accelerate. He took it to mini dealerships and they couldn't tell him what the problem was. I hooked up my HP tuners diagnostic suite and monitored everything that was going on with all the sensors and it showed that the MAF ( mass air flow sensor ) was taking a dive right before the car started to fall on its face. I swapped the MAF and that cured the problem. Less than an hour after I had the car I had to repaired with no other car dealership could. I told my friend that owned that car before he sold it to clean the mass air flow sensor and he didn't do it. He lost a ton of money on that deal.

Moral of story;

Find a good tuner and let them take a look at it. Mo's performance in Dallas if they're still there are excellent Ford mechanics and they build some high horsepower Ford machines. The fact they build high power machines doesn't mean they can't diagnose a problem on a stock car. Give them a call or someone like that a call and see if they can't help you out. And whatever you do don't give up on it if it's a good car it can be fixed and you just got to find the right guy.